Breathe

If I just breathe
Let it fill the space between
I'll know everything is alright
Breathe,
Every little piece of me
You'll see
Everything is alright
Everything is alright if i just breathe...breathe.

Today I decided instead of taking my evening run, I would just walk. It was the best hour I had all day. It was really relaxing, not to mention easy on the asthma. You wouldn't believe it, but since I didn't have much trouble breathing, I could slow down and notice small things I've missed on the same exact path I've been running on for the past four weeks.

That's insane. What else have I missed out on? I think I was running this entire semester, never walking--metaphorically and literally. And I was sprinting during pledgeship. After I came back from New York for Model UN, everything has really been a blur. I didn't really have the chance to look left and right all semester. But I felt like I had the time of my life this semester, regardless of me speeding through it, and I definitely exceeded the limit a handful of times. No regrets.

I picked up my guitar today for the first time in at least a couple of weeks. Man, it felt good. Even sang a bit while I strummed. Learned a handful of new chords.

President Obama swat a fly during a live interview today. I nearly fell off the treadmill seeing that. We all need some comic relief :)

I'm reading From Beirut To Jerusalem again. I was too naive to understand it the first time around. Now I really, really want to spend a weekend in Israel and Palestine if I get the chance.

I'm also tossing around the idea of going to Bangladesh next summer to intern at Grameen. I have a few friends doing that this summer and I cannot wait until they get back so I can hear how it went!

I started packing for Lebanon today. Not really, I just dusted off the suitcase and it's lying on my bedroom floor, still zipped up. I walked around my room aimlessly today trying to figure out if it was worth putting anything in there right now. Naaaaah.

I'm in a go-with-the-flow mentality right now. Not too concerned with mapping out the future, much less some Lebanon details. Que sera, sera. I'm going to make sure I run less and walk more for now. I can breathe much better that way.

Peace,

Asil